GROUNDHOGS Solid 1974 UK WWA 1st PRESS 1 PLAY MINT
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90
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119
£ 90
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Mar 25, 2013
Sold Date
Mar 15, 2013
Start Date
£ 24
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Great Britain
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Description
GROUNDHOGS Solid 1974 UK WWA 1st PRESS 1 PLAY MINT
EXCEPTIONAL MINT- FULLY TEXTURED SLEEVE w/LYRIC INSERT
GROUNDHOGSSolid
UK WWA (WWA 004 DE LUX) FIRST PRESSING (June 1974) OF GROUNDHOGS' "Solid"
BARELY PLAYED (possibly only once) WITH UNMARKED VINYL SURFACES AND DELIVERING FLAWLESS SOUND
FANTASTIC RECORD PACKED FULL OF WONDERFUL PHASING
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST BLACK/SILVER WWA LABELS
MATRIX: WWA 004 1Y//1 ∇ 420 05 11 7 / WWA 004 2Y// 3 420 05 12 (etched 'BILBO)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INSERT (printed on one side of cream coloured paper)
AND THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
On the surface, the Groundhogs could easily have become one of the dozens of British "blooze and boogie" bands that cropped up in the late '60s and early '70s but Tony (T.S.) McPhee's ideas and ambitions were just eccentric enough to push the band into directions too challenging for most mainstream listeners, and as with much of their catalog it's McPhee's sense of invention that makes 1974's Solid memorable.
Recorded in McPhee's home studio with Clive Brooks on drums and Peter Cruickshank on bass, most of Solid's nine numbers are anchored by the sonic overdrive of McPhee's guitar playing, which twists blues figures through psych and progressive frameworks, while the gloomy poetics of his lyrics don't so much establish the mood of the songs as reinforce the tone of the music.
While Brooks and Cruickshank are a fine rhythm section, giving these songs the muscle and backbone to make the most of their hard rock leanings, this is obviously McPhee's show, and an impressive show it is. Not too many guys would think to lay a Mellotron or a fuzzy synthesizer over a heavy blues jam, or run his recordings through such a remarkable maze of phase shifting and ping-pong panning, but in his own small way McPhee's music is in the grand tradition of the great eccentrics of British rock, and that windmill-tilting spirit is what Solid is all about -- it's not a masterpiece like Thank Christ for the Bomb or Who Will Save the World?, but if you love those albums you owe it to yourself to give this a listen.
SIDE 1: LIGHT MY LIGHT / FREE FROM ALL ALARM / SINS OF THE FATHER / SAD GO ROUND
SIDE 2: CORN COB / PLEA SING, PLEA SONG / SNOW STORM / JOKER'S GRAVE
LABELS: MINT-
Clean, unmarked, factory-fresh labels with possibly just one light spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: MINT
The vinyl surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Superb sound quality - full, rich and warm and my play-check at loud volume found nothing to fault - plays flawlessly throughout
SLEEVE: MINT-
As clean and fresh a copy of this easily worn textured sleeve you will find. It's been kept inside a protective plastic sleeve al its life so the textured surfaces are unrubbed, as are the edges and spine - the finest example I have seen
LYRIC INSERT: MINT
Clean, unmarked, no creases - barely seen the light of day
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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